Mirrorless Camera Wars: Sony NEX7 vs Olympus E-M5 vs Fuji X-Pro1

As a shopper for a mirrorless camera, I find the mirrorless camera wars come down to three high-end models: Sony NEX7 vs Olympus OM-D E-D5 vs Fuji X-Pro1. Part of the war are the choices you have for interchangeable lenses for each camera.

This alone doesn’t tell the whole story about what you get. You also have to take a look at lenses because they are interchangeable for all of the cameras. I want to point out some decent lenses for each camera.

Now all of these lenses are not cheap. The lens for the Fujifilm X-Pro is downright pricey at $699, but well-worth the investment. If you’ve ever investigated the resale values of good lenses, you’ll note that they are very good, that they don’t lose their value very fast if at all.

So what camera should you buy? It’s a tough choice. Overall, I’d go for the Sony NEX-7. You can also consider the earlier model, the NEX-5, which is considerably cheaper and not all that much different of a camera than the NEX-7, except it has considerably less resolution, though ample, than the NEX-7.